A day before the Democratic primary and fourth in the polls among his Democratic opponents, Weiner remained adamant about his chances as a candidate and pushed back on questions about the involvement of his wife, Huma Abedin on the trail.

“First of all, she wasn’t a big part of my roll-out, she was four seconds in the opening video, she wasn’t on the campaign trail for like a month thereafter and then everyone says, ‘Where’s Huma? Where’s Huma?’ She came out for a couple of days, so let’s dial down [that] she was a big part. This thing was always about me, always about the issues and the campaign, and, frankly, it was also about a lot of the mistakes I made in my personal life,” Weiner said.

However, if Weiner does not win, he said he would not return to Congress.

“Congress is not that good a job anymore. You know, frankly there’s such a center of gravity around stopping anything from happening, the tea party right has frankly held hostage the place. It’s not a great place if you want to go and solve problems,” Weiner said.

“I hope to be mayor of the city of New York, and I see no reason to go to Congress after that.”